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Object description
Photocopies of his ts memoirs with a Foreword by Brigadier C B Harvey DSO (125pp) recording his service between September 1939 and July 1946 with 3rd RHA, 8th Field Regiment RA, 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) RHA, 4th Field Regiment RA, and 13th (HAC) RHA in the Western Desert, North Africa and North West Europe during the Second World War. Also included are two large volumes containing official documents, photographs, sketch maps, newspaper cuttings, and diary entries relating to his career; an ts account (9pp) of his experiences as second-in-command of South Nottinghamshire Hussars during the Siege of Tobruk, February 1941; an ts account (3pp) of the Battle of Cauldron in the Western Desert, June 1943; and an ts account (3pp) of his entry into the Belsen Concentration Camp while serving in 29th Armoured Brigade HQ (he claims to have been the first British soldier to enter the Camp).
Content description
Photocopies of his ts memoirs with a Foreword by Brigadier C B Harvey DSO (125pp) recording his service between September 1939 and July 1946 with 3rd RHA, 8th Field Regiment RA, 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) RHA, 4th Field Regiment RA, and 13th (HAC) RHA in the Western Desert, North Africa and North West Europe during the Second World War. Also included are two large volumes containing official documents, photographs, sketch maps, newspaper cuttings, and diary entries relating to his career; an ts account (9pp) of his experiences as second-in-command of South Nottinghamshire Hussars during the Siege of Tobruk, February 1941; an ts account (3pp) of the Battle of Cauldron in the Western Desert, June 1943; and an ts account (3pp) of his entry into the Belsen Concentration Camp while serving in 29th Armoured Brigade HQ (he claims to have been the first British soldier to enter the Camp).
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1991-09-30